**DEFENSE TOTAL**\\
Quickness + Combat Ability + Weapon Defense Modifier + Stress Die

**DAMAGE TOTAL**\\
Strength + Weapon Damage Modifier + Attack Advantage

**SOAK TOTAL**\\
Stamina + Armor Soak Bonus

**ATTACK ADVANTAGE**\\
Attacker’s Attack Total – Defender's Defense Total

**RECOVERY TOTAL**\\
Stamina + Medic's Chirurgy or Medicine score+ Magical Aid + Stress Die

**NON-COMBAT DAMAGE TOTAL**\\
Damage Bonus + Stress Die

**NON-COMBAT SOAK TOTAL**\\
Soak Total + Stress Die

**COMBAT SEQUENCE**\\
  I. Roll initiative and calculate initiative order.
  II. Party with highest initiative attacks.
    a. Attacker rolls and generates an Attack Total.
    b. Defender rolls and generates a Defense Total.
    c. Calculate Attack Advantage: Attack Total – Defense Total.
    d. If Attack Advantage is 0 or less, the attack missed. Move on to step 3.
       If it is 1 or greater, calculate Damage Total.
    e. Calculate damage taken by defender.
  III. Repeat attack sequence (II. a. – e.) for party with next highest initiative.
       Once all parties have acted once, return to step II. Note that initiative is not re-rolled.
       

**ARMOR**
|                           ^  Partial Armor          |^  Full Armor          ||              |
^  Material                 ^  Protection     ^  Load  ^  Protection  ^  Load  ^  Cost        ^
| Quilted or fur            |  1              |  2     |  n/a         |  n/a   | Inexpensive  |
| Heavy leather             |  2              |  3     |  n/a         |  n/a   | Inexpensive  |
| Metal reinforced leather  |  2              |  2     |  4           |  4     | Standard     |
| Leather scale             |  3              |  3     |  5           |  5     | Standard     |
| Metal scale               |  4              |  4     |  7           |  7     | Standard     |
| Chain mail                |  6              |  4     |  9           |  6     | Expensive    |

**WEAPONS**

^ Weapon              ^ Ability  ^ Init  ^ Atk  ^ Dfn  ^ Dam  ^ Str  ^ Load  ^ Cost         ^
| Dodge               | Brawl    | 0     | n/a  | 0    | n/a  | n/a  | 0     | n/a          |
| Fist                | Brawl    | 0     | 0    | 0    | 0    | n/a  | 0     | n/a          |
| Kick                | Brawl    | –1    | 0    | –1   | +3   | n/a  | 0     | n/a          |
| Gauntlet            | Brawl    | 0     | 0    | +1   | +2   | –3   | 0     | Inexpensive  |
| Bludgeon <sup>1</sup>         | Brawl    | 0     | +2   | 0    | +2   | –2   | 1     | Inexpensive  |
| Dagger              | Brawl    | 0     | +2   | 0    | +3   | –3   | 0     | Inexpensive  |
| Knife               | Brawl    | 0     | +1   | 0    | +2   | –6   | 0     | Inexpensive  |
| Axe                 | Single   | +1    | +4   | 0    | +6   | 0    | 1     | Standard     |
| Club                | Single   | +1    | +2   | +1   | +3   | –2   | 1     | Inexpensive  |
| Hatchet             | Single   | 0     | +3   | 0    | +4   | –2   | 1     | Inexpensive  |
| Lance               | Single   | +2    | +4   | 0    | +5   | 0    | 2     | Standard     |
| Mace <sup>2</sup>           | Single   | +1    | +3   | 0    | +8   | 0    | 2     | Standard     |
| Mace and Chain      | Single   | +2    | +3   | 0    | +7   | 0    | 2     | Standard     |
| Spear, Short        | Single   | +2    | +2   | 0    | +5   | –1   | 1     | Inexpensive  |
| Sword, Short        | Single   | +1    | +3   | +1   | +5   | –1   | 1     | Standard     |
| Sword, Long         | Single   | +2    | +4   | +1   | +6   | 0    | 1     | Expensive    |
| Shield, Buckler     | Single   | 0     | 0    | +1   | 0    | –2   | 1     | Standard     |
| Shield, Round       | Single   | 0     | 0    | +2   | 0    | –1   | 2     | Inexpensive  |
| Shield, Heater      | Single   | 0     | 0    | +3   | 0    | 0    | 2     | Standard     |
| Cudgel              | Great    | +1    | +4   | +1   | +7   | +1   | 2     | Inexpensive  |
| Farm Implement      | Great    | +1    | +3   | +1   | +5   | 0    | 2     | Inexpensive  |
| Flail               | Great    | +1    | +3   | +1   | +8   | 0    | 2     | Inexpensive  |
| Pole Arm            | Great    | +3    | +4   | +1   | +8   | 0    | 2     | Standard     |
| Pole Axe            | Great    | +1    | +5   | 0    | +11  | +1   | 2     | Standard     |
| Spear, Long <sup>3</sup>  | Great    | +3    | +3   | +1   | +7   | 0    | 3     | Inexpensive  |
| Sword, Great        | Great    | +2    | +5   | +2   | +9   | +1   | 2     | Expensive    |
| Staff               | Great    | +2    | +3   | +3   | +2   | –1   | 2     | Inexpensive  |
| Warhammer           | Great    | 0     | +6   | 0    | +12  | +2   | 3     | Standard     |

<sup>1</sup> Any improvised bashing weapon such as a rock or hand tool\\
<sup>2</sup> Includes spiked clubs, military hammers, and other bashing weapons\\
<sup>3</sup> Includes the lance, if used dismounted.\\
**Ability:** The Weapon Ability needed to use this weapon.\\
**Init:** The modifier to Initiative.\\
**Atk:** The modifier to Attack.\\
**Dfn:** The modifier to Defense.\\
**Dam:** The modifier to Damage.\\
**Str:** The minimum strength score needed to use the weapon. The minimum strength requirements for a weapon and a shield must be met separately.\\
**Load:** The contribution that the weapon makes to Encumbrance (page 178).\\
**Cost:** A general indication of the cost of the weapon. More expensive weapons are better\\